US to cut ‘de minimis’ tariff on goods from China to as low as 30%

Executive order will offer to relief to Chinese firms Shein and Temu, but insiders say e-commerce ‘golden age’ is gone

The US will cut the “de minimis” tariff for low-value shipments from China to as low as 30%, according to a White House executive order and industry experts, further de-escalating a potentially damaging trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

The order published late on Monday offers some relief to big Chinese e-commerce players Shein and Temu and follows a weekend deal between Beijing and Washington to unwind for 90 days most of the tit-for-tat tariffs imposed on each other’s goods since early April.

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